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Currencies Loonie
Approaches Parity on Bets Central Bank to Increase Rates Bloomberg /
Chris Fournier and Allison Bennett Dollar Bulls Beware
Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff Dollar
pares loss after U.S. retail sales Marketwatch / Deborah Levine &
William L. Watts China
may allow yuan to rise by mid-April, strategists say Bloomberg / Chris Oliver Yen
Gains on Speculation Exporters Buying Currency; Kiwi Slips Bloomberg /
Yoshiaki Nohara and Ron Harui Dollar
Optimism Soars to 18-Month High as U.S. Outpaces Europe Bloomberg /
Daniel Kruger Dollar
May Rise to 8-Week High Against Yen: Technical Analysis Bloomberg / Ron Harui Yuan
Faces Appreciation Pressure on Rates, SAFE Says Bloomberg Yen
Gains as Japan’s Companies Repatriate Profits; Pound Falls Bloomberg /
Yoshiaki Nohara and Ron Harui Countries
compete to weaken their currencies Economist Dollar
Gains Versus Yen as U.S. Loses Fewer Jobs Than Forecast Bloomberg / Ben
Levisohn Dollar
May Fall to 15-Year Low of 84.83 Yen: Technical Analysis Bloomberg /
Yoshiaki Nohara and Shigeki Nozawa Yuan
Options Most Expensive as China Pledges No Rise Bloomberg / Ye Xie Riding
the loonie Calgary Herald / Lorraine Mallinder Dollar falls
broadly, euro gains on Greece hopes Reuters via Guardian / Satomi Noguchi Fears aside, U.S.
dollar best in a bad neighborhood Reuters / Wanfeng Zhou Pound hits
9-mth low on politics, Aussie trims gains Reuters / Kaori Kaneko Euro
Declines for Third Month as Debt Crisis in Greece Persists Bloomberg / Inyoung Hwang and Ben Levisohn Asia
Currencies Post Weekly Gain as Data Shows Faster Recovery Bloomberg /
David Yong |
Commodities Oil drops 1 pct,
consumer confidence weighs Reuters / Rebekah Kebede Gold
Is The Ultimate Asset Bubble Forbes / Robert Lenzner Gold
bulls use curious arguments to excuse gold's weakness Marketwatch / Mark
Hulbert Oil
hovers above $82 as month-long rally stalls AP via Seattle Times / Alex
Kennedy Oil firm above
$82; China inflation spikes Reuters / David Sheppard Gold,
platinum on the rise after strong Chinese data Marketwatch / Nick Godt OPEC
boosts 2010 oil demand forecast by 100,000 b/d, ties growth to global
recovery AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune / Tarek
El-Tablawy Oil edges up
towards $82 on China import surge Reuters via Guardian / Alejandro Barbajosa Oil falls from
8-week high on stock build forecast Reuters / Christopher Johnson Gold steadies
after 1 pct drop Reuters / Lewa Pardomuan Gold ticks
higher; palladium near highs Reuters / Lewa Pardomuan Oil near 8-week
high on weak dollar Reuters / Osamu Tsukimori Census
Bureau's work could hold down unemployment a half-point Cleveland Plain
Dealer / Rich Exner Why is the Gold Price
Rising Now? Gold Forecaster via Safehaven / Julian D. W. Phillips Oil hits
seven-week high above $81 on jobs report Reuters / David Sheppard and
Alex Lawler Oil rises to
around $81 as dollar eases Reuters / Christopher Johnson Offshore
oil platforms operate at ever-greater depths Economist Gold hits 6-1/2
week high as dollar weakens Reuters / Jan Harvey Oil hovers
below $80 on mixed US supplies report AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Alex Kennedy Oil climbs to $80,
seeks momentum to $1 gain Reuters / Jo Winterbottom Gasoline
prices set to move higher USA Today / Mark Williams Copper
Jumps on Earthquake; Asia Stocks, Oil Gain on U.S. GDP Bloomberg / James
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Sen. Brown bashes Obama's 'bitter' health push AP via Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Erica Werner Hoyer
Says U.S. House Will Pass Senate Health Bill This Month Bloomberg /
Catherine Dodge Tempest
in a tea party Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah Election-Year
Jobs Push Recalls Nixon’s ‘72 Toilet-Paper Gambit Bloomberg / Brian Faler The
gossip surrounding the president’s chief of staff is getting out of hand
Economist Obama's
Export Push Forbes / Brian Wingfield Bank reform talks
fail, Dodd to go solo Reuters / Karey Wutkowski and Rachelle Younglai U.S. "very
close" to job growth: Summers Reuters Health-care
reform's 'back-door' tax CNN / Jia Lynn Yang Govt.
workers feel no economic pain Washington Times / David M. Dickson Jobless
claims bill OK'd by Senate CNN / Tami Luhby The Census and
History: It Is Not a Pretty Picture! Lew Rockwell / Gary D. Barnett Democrats doubt
deadline on healthcare Reuters / John Whitesides and Donna Smith No
tea for Wall Street in fall elections Marketwatch / David Weidner Census: A Little Too
Personal Financial
overhaul legislation stalls in U.S. Senate McClatchy via Sacramento Bee /
Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman Votes uncertain
as healthcare endgame looms Reuters / Andy Sullivan Volcker
Says Too Soon to Cut U.S. Monetary, Fiscal Stimulus Bloomberg / Rainer Buergin and Philipp Encz Congress
must "act now" on health-care reform: Obama Reuters / Ruth
Mantell National
debt to be higher than White House forecast, CBO says Washington Post /
Lori Montgomery Borrow and Spend Economics
to Pay for Borrowing and Spending Daily Reckoning via Safehaven / The
Mogambo Guru CBO:
$10 trillion jump in debt under Obama budget CNN / Jeanne Sahadi How
Much Does The National Debt Matter? Forbes / Bruce Bartlett How I would put the
Constitution back in the Oval Office Lew Rockwell / Ron Paul Memo
to DC: we are losing patience Dow Jones via Marketwatch / Kathleen
Madigan House OKs $15
billion jobs bill Reuters / Andy Sullivan Expect
snow job from White House on jobs report NY Post / John Crudele Trading
Up Forbes / James Bacchus Why Any Recovery Will
Be Jobless Lew Rockwell / Marty Nemko Mandelson attacks Obama's plans for US financial reform
Guardian / Andrew Clark Obama
takes charge, demands vote on health care Forbes / David Espo Government
Regulation Needed for Economic Growth, Summers Says Bloomberg / Chris Dolmetsch Rat
out a tax cheat, collect a reward CNN / Blake Ellis Cut
Pay For Government Workers Forbes / Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein |
Companies and Stock Record
Advance in S&P 500 Futures Shows Confidence in Economy Bloomberg / Lynn Thomasson
and Rita Nazareth Asian
Stocks Rise for Third Week on U.S. Jobs, Recovery Hopes Bloomberg / Shani Raja and Jonathan Burgos Stocks
near 18-month highs CNN / Ben Rooney and Alexandra Twin Optimism
Arises After Year-Long U.S. Stock Surge: Chart of Day Bloomberg / David
Wilson Buffett
Takes $100,000 Berkshire Salary for 29th Straight Bloomberg / Jamie McGee
and Andrew Frye Friday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard Salvaged
GM dealers in limbo CNN / Catherine Clifford Return
of Dividends Bodes Well For Corporate America Fox Business / Dunstan Prial Nasdaq
Clinches Fresh 18-Month High Fox Business / Matt Egan Stocks
rise after inventories fall but sales gain AP via Seattle Times / Stephen
Bernard and Tim Paradis Hardly
any timers called decade's major turning points Marketwatch / Mark
Hulbert Asian
Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Shippers Drop; Telstra Advances Bloomberg / Shani Raja and Anna Kitanaka Stocks
muster gains; Nasdaq at 18-month high CNN / Alexandra Twin A Bull Market Requires a
Healthy Consumer Underneath DG via Safehaven / Michael Pento Kroger
profit falls 27%; margins shrink AP via LA Times Beware
the ides of March? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert How
long can stocks' rally go on? LA Times / Tom Petruno and Walter Hamilton As
bull market turns 1, is it time to party, or worry? Bullish
Feast In Retail Stocks Forbes / Joseph Hargett Investors
Sour on These Stocks, So I Like Them Bloomberg / John Dorfman S&P
Rally Slowed by Fastest Cash Depletion Since 1991 Bloomberg / Lynn Thomasson Bulls may run
more from March 2009 lows Reuters / Caroline Valetkevitch Bears
vs. bulls as anniversary looms CNN / Alexandra Twin The
Rebound: Numbers tell story of market recovery AP via Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Tim Paradis Who's Driving the Bus
Safehaven / J.D. Rosendahl Bulls may extend
rally from March 2009 lows Reuters / Caroline Valetkevitch VIX
Tumbles to Lowest Since May 2008 on Improving Job Market Bloomberg / Jeff
Kearns IBM
cuts 2,400 jobs across U.S., group says Poughkeepsie Journal via Journal
News / Craig Wolf Reverse
stock splits: No limit, but not a good sign USA Today / Matt Krantz To
find the value of the stock market, think Wilshire, not Dow USA Today /
Matt Krantz More merger activity
helps lift stocks for 3rd day AP via Denver Post / Tim Paradis Ford
U.S. Sales Win Is First Since 1998 as GM Shuffles Leaders Bloomberg /
Mike Ramsey and Keith Naughton |
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International Economies Canada's
unemployment rate drops AP via Philadelphia Inquirer Looming
collapse in Greece just another myth Marketwatch / Al Lewis UK:
Don't be dispirited: recoveries do happen, but they take time Independent
/ Hamish McRae Where
employers are most optimistic, and pessimistic Economist Eurocrats offer up half-baked ideas to prevent a future
sovereign-debt scare Economist The
alarming future for Japan's finances Economist Japan’s
Economy Grows 3.8%, Less Than First Estimated Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane Australian
Employment Rose Less-Than-Expected 400 Bloomberg / Jacob Greber Bank
of Korea’s Lee Keeps Rate Unchanged at His Final Meeting Bloomberg / Seonjin Cha Global
Confidence Dips as Greece’s Deficit Undermines Recovery Bloomberg / Shamim Adam and Jacob Greber China
Trade Surplus Falls as Import Surge Aids World Bloomberg Japanese
Machinery Orders Declined 3.7% in January Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane and
Mayumi Otsuma Men
losing more jobs than women worldwide Calgary Post / Ellen Wulfhorst China’s
Shrinking Trade Surplus to Ease Yuan Pressure Bloomberg Japan
Exports Surge, Fueling Current-Account Surplus Bloomberg / Aki Ito and
Toru Fujioka Canada:
Job numbers will show state of economy Calgary Post / Derek Abma Europe will stand
by Greece: Sarkozy Reuters / Harry Papachristou and Crispian Balmer UK:
Manufacturing sector needs a new direction Guardian – Observer / Ruth
Sutherland Sarkozy Says EU Must Back Greece or Put Monetary Union at
Risk Bloomberg / John Fraher and Lorenzo Totaro Zhou
Says China Should Be ‘Very Cautious’ in Crisis Exit Bloomberg I.M.F.
Help for Greece Is a Risky Prospect UK:
Bank rates steady to mark year at record low London Times / Ian King China
expects this year's deficit at 2.8% of GDP Marketwatch / V. Phani Kumar Canada
announces budget to reduce record deficit AP via Seattle Times / Charmaine Noronha Eurozone rates
maintained at 1% Japan
Capital Spending Falls Even as Profits Rebound Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane Bank
of England in 'wait and see' mode AP via Palm Beach Post / Jane Wardell Japan's
fiscal quandary Marketwatch / Lisa Twaronite Australia’s
Central Bank May Pause on Rate Increases in April Bloomberg / Jacob Greber and Dan Petrie Canada
Keeps Lending Rate 0.25%, Cites Faster Prices Bloomberg / Greg Quinn Australia
May Increase Interest Rates, Economists Say Bloomberg / Jacob Greber and Dan Petrie |
Banking, Investing and Funds Lehman report may
point way for criminal charges Reuters / Dan Margolies Report
Details How Lehman Hid Its Woes as It Collapsed NY Times / Michale J. de la Merced and Andrew Ross Sorkin CBOE
files paperwork for IPO Chicago Tribune / Greg Burns Hedge
Fund Managers are Back Forbes / Duncan Greenberg Regulatory
risk abounds Marketwatch / Todd Harrison Hedge
Funds Rose 0.5% in February on Market Recovery Bloomberg / Tomoko
Yamazaki BofA
ends overdraft fees on its debit-card accounts AP via Seattle Times /
Eileen AJ Connelly Failed
Banks May Get Pension-Fund Backing as FDIC Seeks Cash Bloomberg / Dakin
Campbell Why
Are Bank Savings Accounts So Sacred? Forbes / John Tamny Remarks
by FDIC Chairman To the National Association for Business Economics FDIC
/ Sheila C. Bair ‘On
the Edge’ Banks Facing Writedowns After FDIC Loan
Auctions Bloomberg / James Sterngold Smart
Banks With Dumb Customers Don’t Exist Bloomberg / Roger Lowenstein A
Banking Battleground Bank
of Illinois seized Chicago Tribune / Becky Yerak Regulators close
banks in four states Reuters Wealth
creators vs. wealth destroyers Marketwatch / Sam Mamudi Active
vs. passive Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert Vanguard's
Three Worst Mutual Funds Forbes / Dan Wiener Managers
aren't turning over a new leaf; they're just trading more Marketwatch via
Seattle Times / Chuck Jaffe An
inexpensive look at mutual-fund performance Dallas Morning News via
Seattle Times / Scott Burns Extreme
volatility rots a core mutual fund Marketwatch / Chuck Jaffe The
very long view Economist Bank’s
next big problem appears on the horizon Economist Goldman
Sachs Is Innocent of Greece’s Swap Crimes Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert Wall
Street bonuses rose handsomely in 2009 Economist
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State’s Economies and
News Unemployment
tops 20% in eight California counties LA Times / Alana Semuels Florida’s
unemployment rate at 35-year high South Florida Sun Sentinel / Marcia
Heroux Pounds IL:
Unemployment rate in Illinois rises to 11.3 percent Chicago Tribune /
Michael Oneal States’
Payrolls Lag as U.S. Austerity Sets In: Chart of Day Bloomberg / Anthony Feld and Courtney Schlisserman U.S.
Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High Forbes / William P. Barrett CA:
State's unemployment rate hits 12.5 percent Mercury News / Pete Carey Detroit
Warns of Bankruptcy as It Prepares Bond Sale Bloomberg / Darrell Preston What
States and Cities Are Doing to Help Small Businesses NY Times / Elizabeth
Olson Do you
want a tax with that? Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah CO: Oracle wields hefty
muscle in Colorado's tech sector Denver Post / Andy Vuong What
Taxes Will States Turn to Next? Forbes via ABC News / Philip M. Zinn The not-so-fast
track for high-speed rail Stateline.org / Daniel C. Vock MD:
Pensions tilting from afterthought to aftermath Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock CA:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Says “Worst Is Over” for Recession Bloomberg /
Elliot Blair Smith States
short $1 trillion to fund retiree benefits CNN / Tami Luhby States
tackling public employee retirement benefits in 2010 Stateline.org /
Stephen C. Fehr U.S. state
pension funds have $1 trillion shortfall: Pew Reuters / Lisa Lambert Michigan
warns jobless about end of federal unemployment extension Detroit
News / Louis Aguilar States
renege on local aid Stateline.org / David Harrison More Power
in the Statehouse? Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah Why
cities aren't hitting panic button – yet CNN / Colin Barr Colorado's exports
plunged in 2009 Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi Governor Christie Declares
"New Jersey on Edge of Bankruptcy" Mish’s
Global Economic Trend Analysis via Safehaven / Mike Shedlock TX:
Cowboys sue 10 businesses, saying they stopped paying luxury-suite leases for
Arlington stadium Dallas Morning News / Eric Torbenson and Karen
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Miscellaneous Some
nurses paid more than family doctors CNN / Parija
Kavilanz Living
costs in big cities Economist No-frills
funerals are latest sign of the times Detroit News / Jennifer Youssef Millions
of Toyotas Recalled, None in Japan NY Times / Huroko
Tabuchi Bye-bye,
Saturday mail? CNN / Annalyn Censky Tie
sales knotted up by changes in men’s fashions Chicago Tribune / Sandra M.
Jones E-mail
is Making You Stupid Reuters / Joe Robinson A
history of America in cigar consumption Economist The
affordability of hotels for locals Economist How
To Manage (and Protect) Your Online Reputation Forbes / Helen Coster What's
Behind America's Falling Crime Rate Time / David Von Drehle Job
relocation ... to your living room CNN / Jessica Dickler Broken
promises Economist Rising
sons Economist A rate hike for the few _
until it's you AP via Sacramento Bee / Adam Geller 5
unknown facts about Valentine flowers CNN / Beth Kowitt Gold
in the cold Economist Thanks
to telecommuting, snow days are no longer fun USA Today / Stephanie
Armour Snow puts
strain on state and local budgets Stateline.org When
City Hall Tells You What To Eat Forbes / Rebecca Ruiz Armchair
supporters Economist Which
countries file for most international patents? Economist A Bubble in Search of a Pin
Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven
/ John Mauldin Unaffordable
art Economist |
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